By PSCU | President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Congolese host Felix Tshisekedi on Thursday witnessed the signing of a partnership agreement between Kenya Airways and Congo Airways.
The agreement was signed on the last day of President Kenyatta’s three-day State visit of DR Congo and will see the two national carriers partner in areas of mutual interest including aircraft maintenance, training and sharing of excess capacity.
Also included in the two-year agreement, whose overarching objective is viability and sustainability of the airlines, is a route and code sharing provision aimed at expanding the carrier’s domestic, African and international networks.
The partnership agreement was signed by Kenya Airways Group chief executive Allan Kilavuka and his Congo Airways counterpart Desire Balazire Bantu.
Present during the signing ceremony were Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo, her Devolution counterpart Eugene Wamalwa and Kenya’s Ambassador to DR Congo Dr George Masafu.
